US May Change Afghan Night Raid Policy to Secure Long-Term Deal

The Obama Administration’s efforts to secure a long-term deal on the Afghan occupation have slowed in recent months, and the massive sentiment against the US since the Quran burnings and the Kandahar massacre haven’t helped matters.

This is a far cry from what President Karzai has wanted, which is “no raids on civilian homes,” but is the first time any concessions at all have even been hinted at, suggesting the president is desperate to secure an agreement to permit US troops to stay through 2024.

So our military would curtail the night raids to allow them to stay long after 2014 and thus kill innocents at a slower rate for a longer time. One more example of the stupidity based foreign policy of the military and State. Thery have bumbled and bungled for over ten years. We can not trust them to continue wasting money and killing for umpteen more years.Our troops deserve better than this. Fire Allen and Mattis or force them into retirement and pull our troops and State apparatchikis out.